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Kalkan
Kalkan was founded by Ottoman Greeks as a village trading
goods from inland to the Greece islands in the Mediterranean sea, which was
called Kalamaki until the Greeks had abandoned soon after the seccond world war.after that the village used as a fishing area by the local
Turks so it is called KalkanIn early 1980 this picturesque land was noticed by some
Europeans while they were sailing along the coast and they began to get to
Kalkan soon after, both ways |
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who has been in Kalkan once, obviously he repeated it more
than twice |
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sailing and driving. So Kalkan has become popular
and well known by the Europeans. The most considerable feature is it has been founded side
of Mediterranean sea and near by all historical ruins as Xatos, Patara, Letoon
as far back as Lician, and Roman periods, the setteled of houses on slope down
a hill are letting one to another being seen the infinite stunning views, in
addition, the temperature of the weather is during winter 10 C to 18 C and
during summer 22 C to 35 C the local residents about 500 plus 200 forainers all the
year round, in the summer season this number rises by holidaymakers up to 5000 |
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